King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company proudly announces a new installment in the Wind Band Select series from none other than Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Originally composed for orchestra with three offstage brass sextets, Fanfare; Reminiscence and Celebration (145-40034F — Score — $35.00 - 145-40034M — Set of Parts — $95.00) has been re-created by its composer for symphonic band plus three offstage brass sextets for a dazzling theater-in-the-round concert experience. The score is provided in 11” x 17” format for ease in reading, and is most appropriate for advanced and university ensembles.

The Wind Band Select series from Carl Fischer Music and Theodore Presser Company features the finest music by today’s newest and most exciting composers for wind band. Designed to answer the call for new quality music for today’s high school and college bands, band directors can rely on Carl Fischer and Theodore Presser Company to consistently publish exciting and appropriate materials through the Wind Band Select series.

At a time when the musical offerings of the world are more varied than ever before, few composers have emerged with the unique personality of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Her music is widely known because it is performed, recorded, broadcast, and – above all – listened to and liked by all sorts of audiences the world over. Like the great masters of bygone times, Zwilich produces music "with fingerprints," music that is immediately recognized as her own. In her compositions, Ms. Zwilich combines craft and inspiration, reflecting an optimistic and humanistic spirit that gives her a unique musical voice. A prolific composer in virtually all media, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s works have been performed by most of the leading American orchestras and by major ensembles abroad. Her music first came to public attention when Pierre Boulez conducted her Symposium for Orchestra at Juilliard (1975), but it was the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for the Symphony No. 1 that brought her instantly into international focus. Commissions, major performances and recordings soon followed: the Symphony No. 2 (Cello Symphony), premiered by Edo de Waart and the San Francisco Symphony; Symphony No. 3, written for the New York Philharmonic’s 150th anniversary; and many more. To read more about Zwilich, click here.

Offering music by today’s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the leader in publishing educational and recital music. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher and distributes the music of over 30 publishers from around the globe, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 available works. For more information about new publications from Theodore Presser Company or to locate a dealer near you, log on to www.presser.com or e-mail us at sales@presser.com. For review copies of the publications listed in this release, please contact Heidi Vanderlee at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to hvanderlee@presser.com.